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The Last Grain Race (Picador Books)
by: Eric Newby

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Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780330318853
ISBN: 0330318853
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 251
Publication Date: December 01, 1995
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador
Sales Rank: 58414

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A real read - and not just for guys!
I bought this having read a couple of his other books and having read an excerpt of this in 'A Merry Dance Around the World' and it is superb - interesting, enlightening and very funny and I loved it. And I am definitely female and not a sailor and have no desire to, just a love of good writing and also tall ships - read it girls and also his 'Something Wholesale' about the clothing trade it is again 'interesting, enlightening and very funny and I loved it' - give it a try!

Rating:

- An addictively good read - even for non sailors
Eric Newby is a renowned travel writer, and this is one of his first and best books. It tells of how in 1938 he signed on as an apprentice deck hand on a large steel square rigger engaged in the Australia - Europe grain trade. It is a fascinating, moving, exciting, funny account of the round trip with all its highs and lows, written with such skill, and passion I just couldn't put it down. You really don't have to be a sailor to enjoy this book,nut if you are it's even better. A collector's item.

Rating:

- rave over sail
His prose prompted me to by a small sailing cruiser when i retired. I will probably never make one of those epic voyages, but sailing on the Firth of Forth as I now do, I can dream

Rating:

- Greatest non-fiction sea adventure ever?
Being an avid sailor myself, i approached this book with apprehension. However as soon i had finsihed the first chapter than was i drawn into eric's world. This book is as much a tribute to then endurance of man, as it is to the timeless square rigged tall ships and the crew that bravely man them. So engaging is the narrative that often you can taste the salt air and hear the sails fill with wind and feel the water about your ankles, and once again the crew lives. Finally a book you wish would never finish Hilarious, frightening and saddening in turns it's description of day to day life on the last great sailing ships is over all uplifting; i would recommend this book to both land lubbers and sailors alike.

Rating:

- Excellent, easy reading and informative.
This was the first Eric Newby book I have read and caused me to read many more. A very good tale of adventure.

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